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Sun Jan 7 2001 17:32:32  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Florida blast kills one, injures two -- (Postnet) An explosion killed a woman after she apparently brought in a package left on her porch, and the blast and resulting fire left two relatives in critical condition. Sun Jan 7 2001 15:49:57  CHRISTOPHER HOLLIS, 32 - beaten to death Los Angeles, California Mother cleaning after burglary finds 32-year-old son's body -- (Sacramento Bee) A mother cleaning up after a burglary in her Altadena home made a horrific discovery Saturday when she found the bludgeoned body of her son under a pile of clothes, authorities said. Sun Jan 7 2001 15:31:57  TIFFANY EUNICK, 6 - pounded to death Lionel Tate, 13 - charged with first-degree murder Broward County, Florida Broward teenager's murder defense will center on professional wrestling -- (Miami Herald) The tawdry, make-believe world of professional wrestling will burst out of the television set and into a Broward courtroom this week. Lawyers for a boy charged with first-degree murder will tell jurors that the boy was only acting out what he'd seen on television when he pounded his playmate to death. Sun Jan 7 2001 15:04:26  THERESA A. NIEVES, 24 - body found Thursday Brendan F. O'Carroll, 34 - arrested Saturday Neptune, New Jersey Man charged with strangling girlfriend, leaving her in snowbank -- (NJO Newsflash) A man who told investigators he hadn't seen his girlfriend since New Year's Day has been charged with strangling her with a telephone cord and dumping her body in a snowbank near a Kmart in West Long Branch. Sun Jan 7 2001 14:30:33  Kingston, Ontario, Canada International biker gang welcomes Canadian members -- (CBC) The second largest biker gang in the world is moving to gain a foothold in Canada with the help of the Rock Machine, a major player in this country's organized crime. Sun Jan 7 2001 14:23:18  Atlanta, Georgia Runaway girls lured into the sex trade are being jailed for crimes while their adult pimps go free -- (Access Atlanta) A little girl, her hair pulled into a tiny pigtail and her head bowed, rose from the defendant's table. She was 10 years old, a runaway and an alleged prostitute. "I think I have been locked up long enough," the girl said in a small, high-pitched voice. She began to cry and rubbed her eyes with balled-up fists. "If you would just let me go home . . ." Sun Jan 7 2001 12:14:11  Huntsville, Alabama Area judges sentence 6 local men to death -- (Alabama Live) Three of the six men from Madison County on Alabama's death row are there because judges overruled jury recommendations for sentences of life imprisonment and invoked the death penalty. Sun Jan 7 2001 12:08:58  Salt Lake City, Utah Deadly year for Utah kids -- (Salt Lake Tribune) In September, 2-month-old Spencer Ayotte was shaken so violently that experts believe his tiny body bent in half backward. He died from his injuries -- one of four Utah infants, all under 6 months old, killed by shaken baby syndrome in 2000. And in most of the murders, the suspect was a parent or caregiver. Sun Jan 7 2001 12:03:56  Los Angeles, California Deathbed Nod likely to be key in murder trial -- (LA Times) Strapped to a hospital bed, near death, a tube down her throat, April Mahoney was unable to say the name of the man who shot her and killed a friend. But Mahoney managed to nod affirmatively when she was shown a picture of the alleged shooter, police say. She nodded yes and her eyes welled with tears when she saw the picture of Randall Williams, according to police. Sun Jan 7 2001 11:58:17  Dallas, Texas Reward doubled for Texas fugitives -- (GoPBI) Officials doubled the reward to $200,000 Saturday for the arrest and indictment of seven fugitives still on the run from a Texas prison. They also said a leaked memo detailing the escape had been misconstrued and that supervisors had never left the inmates alone. Sun Jan 7 2001 11:56:02  Shalimar, Florida Man ruled competent to be tried for murder -- (Miami Herald) Jury selection is to begin Monday in the trial of Jeffrey Hutchinson, 38, on four counts of first-degree murder for the Sept. 18, 1998, killings at a home he shared with the victims near Crestview. He could be sentenced to death if convicted. Sun Jan 7 2001 11:19:38  Cheryl Koniewicz, 38 - con-woman Williamsport, Pennsylvania Female convict accused of lying to men through mail -- (postnet.com) A female prison inmate faces federal charges accusing her of writing love letters to more than 100 male pen pals and persuading them to send her nearly $57,000. Sun Jan 7 2001 10:54:45  St. Mary's County, Maryland Arsenal found in Navy veteran's apartment after suicide -- (Washington Post) A senior chief petty officer with the Naval Air Systems Command at the Patuxent River Air Station shot himself to death at his Lexington Park apartment Thursday afternoon, leaving behind a darkened bunker equipped with 20 high-powered loaded guns stationed at the doors and windows and more than 75,000 rounds of ammunition. Sun Jan 7 2001 10:50:38  Fairbanks, Alaska Man charged with trying to cash stolen check where owner works -- (Fox) A 21-year-old man was arrested after trying to buy groceries with a check a store employee said was stolen. Mark Diaz was charged with theft and forgery for writing the $83 check at Safeway on Friday, police said. Sun Jan 7 2001 08:50:32  GEORGE BECK, 59 - kicked to death Mark Evans, 46 - charged with murder Waltham, Mass. Waltham tenant accused of murder -- (Boston Globe) Police yesterday charged a tenant with killing his landlord, whose body was found Friday night in the victim's house. An autopsy showed the cause of death was trauma to the head. Sun Jan 7 2001 08:43:26  1799 Manhattan Well Mystery New York Justice Story: 'Woman Down the Well' -- (NY Daily News) Neighbors in their Manhattan rooming house understood that Levi Weeks and Elma Sands were "intimate." After all, the virile young carpenter had been observed wearing only a nightshirt as he tiptoed to her bedchamber for rather indiscreet late-night liaisons. Sun Jan 7 2001 08:29:39 F. Lee Bailey, 67 - defense attorney West Palm Beach, Florida Bailey attorney mistakenly accuses prosecutors of lying -- (TBO-Florida) An attorney for F. Lee Bailey is apologizing after mistakenly accusing two federal prosecutors of lying under oath in Bailey's ethics case. Sun Jan 7 2001 07:53:34  Erik Rodriguez, 37 - vicious attacker Bridgeport, Conn. Despite tears, 25 years for assault with bat, rape -- (ConnPost) A Stratford auto mechanic was sentenced Friday to 25 years in prison for beating a woman with a baseball bat, then stabbing and raping her as she lay unconscious at her home. Sat Jan 6 2001 22:27:34  MINDY LEIGH - too decomposed to determine how she died John Mills, 27 - confessed to strangling Leigh Guilford, Conn. Medical examiner cannot determine woman's cause of death -- (Boston.com) The chief medical examiner's office cannot determine the cause of death of a 20-year-old woman whom police say was killed by a man who allegedly stabbed another woman and two children to death last month. Sat Jan 6 2001 22:07:21  Havana, Florida 3 killed over $500 drug debt -- (Fox) A gunman lined up five people in a crack house and shot four of them in the head because one victim owed him a $500 drug debt, Gadsden County sheriff's investigators said. Sat Jan 6 2001 22:03:55  Palm Beach, Florida New prison houses dangerous young girls -- (Fox) They may look like your babysitter, but these girls have been convicted of crimes such as robbery, prostitution and even murder. Sat Jan 6 2001 21:59:15  Fort Pierce, Florida No jail time for woman accused of forcing daughter to have abortion -- (Postnet) A woman accused of forcing her 16-year-old daughter to go to an abortion clinic and telling a nurse her daughter would abort the fetus or die will not serve jail time or have a criminal record as part of a plea agreement. Sat Jan 6 2001 21:49:19  Prince George, British Columbia, Canada Man charged in abduction and sexual assault of two little girls in B.C. -- (Cnews) Benjamin Corey Hart of Prince George was arrested late Friday night while RCMP conducted door-to-door inquiries into Thursday's attack. The girls, neighbours aged five and seven, were tobogganing in front of their homes in Prince George when a man drove up and pulled them into his vehicle. The attacker then drove to a gravel pit about 10 kilometres away, where he sexually assaulted one of the girls. Sat Jan 6 2001 18:43:15  ALLISON LEOPOLD and RHONDA LEOPOLD - died of gas fumes Richard Leopold,44 - suicide New York Parents, daughter found dead in NY -- (Las Vegas Sun) A physician, his wife and their 5-year-old daughter died after fumes from the man's apparent suicide overcame everyone in the house, police said. The couple's two other young daughters and the housekeeper were hospitalized in critical condition. Sat Jan 6 2001 15:03:28  Tampa, Florida Florida judge says convict would be 'sexual target' in prison--(Nando Times) A judge decided not to send a drug offender to prison, saying the man would be a target for sexual assault because he is thin and white. Sat Jan 6 2001 14:45:45  Schenectady, New York NY woman claims contest contributed to death--(UPI) A woman claimed Friday that the "You may have already won" Publisher's Clearing House sweepstakes contributed to her cousin's death. Sat Jan 6 2001 14:27:24  SUNNY PATEL. 6 months old - shaken and dropped Gita M. Patel, 25 - aunt arrested Decatur, Illinois Infant dies of injuries after allegedly being abused by aunt--(postnet) A 6-month-old boy died Friday, two days after he was allegedly shaken and dropped by his aunt, authorities said. Hospital officials told police the boy suffered a spinal compression fracture, retinal hemorrhaging in his left eye, a bruise on his left cheek and a broken arm near his shoulder, according to a sworn police statement. Sat Jan 6 2001 14:07:59 CARLOS RIVERA, 20 - killed Charles Drumn, 18 - charged Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia youth slain; 1 charged -- (Las Vegas Sun) The two young men were chosen more than a year ago as among those most likely to be killed or to kill someone else. Sat Jan 6 2001 13:56:40  San Francisco, California DNA sidesteps limitations statute -- (Newsday) As the years passed, detective Peter Willover kept the case file folder on his desk and wondered how he and his fellow officers would catch the "Second Story Rapist." Time was running out on the statute of limitations in the case of the suspect who had raped and burglarized six women in their apartments in Sacramento. Sat Jan 6 2001 12:09:48  Anaheim, California Burger King sued for alleged restroom peephole -- (Fox) A mother is suing Burger King, claiming an employee looked through a peephole as she and her 9-year-old daughter used the bathroom. Sat Jan 6 2001 12:03:34  Addy, Washington Washington teen: Chores led to slayings -- (Star Tribune) William L. Lembcke was ordered held without bail in the shooting deaths of his father, Robert H. Lembcke, 49, a self-employed logger; his mother, Diana, 43, who suffered from multiple sclerosis; his 18-year-old sister, Jolene, a high school senior, and his 12-year-old brother, Wesley. Sat Jan 6 2001 12:00:35  Prince George, British Columbia, Canada RCMP manhunt after girls attacked -- (CBC) The RCMP is searching for the man who abducted and sexually assaulted two little girls in a rural suburb of Prince George on Thursday. The man then returned them home. Sat Jan 6 2001 10:01:33 MARGARITA FLORES, 40 - kidnapped and murdered Josefina Sonia Saldana, 43 - accused of killing Flores to obtain her fetus Fresno, California Saldana won't face death penalty in her murder trial -- (Fresno Bee) Prosecutors will not seek the death penalty against the woman accused of dismembering a pregnant woman, the Fresno County District Attorney's Office notified the court Friday. Sat Jan 6 2001 09:32:52  SUSAN BERMAN, 55 - murdered mob author KATHLEEN DURST, 29 - disappeared January 31, 1982 New York Slain writer faced quiz over missing woman -- (NY Post) Just days before she was murdered, New York state cops wanted to quiz mob author Susan Berman about the 1982 disappearance of a Manhattan real-estate scion's wife, The Post has learned. Mob daughter authr Susan Berman found slain -- (postnet) Susan Berman was a Las Vegas mobster's daughter and a flamboyant writer who once cut a colorful swath through San Francisco, Hollywood and New York, writing about sex and about the gangster life. Sat Jan 6 2001 09:26:51  Sean "Puffy" Combs - rapper facing weapons charges New York Witness: Pufy had a gun -- (NY Daily News) Reuben will be the star witness in the upcoming trial of Sean Combs, who is facing weapons charges stemming from a wild shooting in a Manhattan nightclub Dec. 27, 1999. She was shot in the face, one of three people wounded by the gunfire. Week delay, gag order in Combs trial -- (NY Daily News) The much-anticipated trial of rap impresario Sean Combs was postponed for a week by a Manhattan judge, who also issued a gag order in the case. Sat Jan 6 2001 09:18:39  Kristen Gilbert, 33 - accused of four murders, three attempts Northampton, Mass. US backs off evidence in nurse's trial -- (Boston Globe) Prosecutors are backing away from some central scientific evidence in the trial of a nurse on serial-murder charges, because an expert botched calculations, court papers revealed yesterday. Sat Jan 6 2001 08:50:59  Jeffrey Dahmer - confessed to 17 murders Milwaukee, Wisconsin Prison guard may be charged over attempted auction of Jeffrey Dahmer's shaving kit -- (Nando Times) The high bid had reached $20.50 for the items, which were valued at only $3.26, when the auction was stopped Wednesday. When authorities found out who was selling Dahmer's stuff, they were surprised to learn it was a corrections officer. Sat Jan 6 2001 08:45:31  BARRY WALLACE, 18 - murdered December 1999 William Beggs, 37 - accused of abduction and murder Ayrshire, Scotland Murder accused faces extradition -- (BBC) A Dutch judge has told a man suspected of murdering a teenager and dismembering his body that he must face trial in Scotland. Sat Jan 6 2001 08:32:06  Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Cab waits for bank thief -- (Toronto Sun) A man kept his unsuspecting girlfriend and her two children waiting in a cab while he tried to rob one bank - and succeeded in robbing another - before being nabbed by police yesterday. Sat Jan 6 2001 08:27:14  Carla Rotellini-Jamal - stole credit card applications Camden, New Jersey Cocktail waitress sentenced for credit card scheme -- (NJO Newsflash) An Atlantic City casino cocktail waitress with a gambling addiction was sentenced Friday to five years' probation for stealing $30,000 through a credit card scheme. Sat Jan 6 2001 08:19:23  CYNDI VANDERHEIDEN - last seen November 1988 Wesley Howard Shermantine, 34 - charged with murder Loren Herzog, 34 - charged with murder Santa Clara, California Herzog's wife testifies against Shermantine -- (Stockton Record) The wife of an accused killer testified Thursday against her husband's former friend, the man authorities say was his partner in crimes spanning 14 years. |
